About

Ian Lerner joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2010, focused on high street urban retail real estate in New York City and around the country, and is an attorney in the State of New York. Over the last decade, he has worked on some of the nation’s largest retail transactions, with an aggregate value of more than $2.5Billion.   

Mr. Lerner successfully completed store transactions on behalf of Nike in New York, Toronto, Miami, and San Francisco including both of their flagships currently located in Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and Soho districts.  He was also instrumental in TD Bank’s Tri-State market expansion, helping to secure over 40 new branch locations on their behalf, which, as a result let to them becoming the 3rd largest bank in New York City based on deposits.   

Mr. Lerner has also partnered with Landlords to reposition flagship assets which has driven a material impact on the district and transformed neighborhood retail experiences.  At 112 West 34th Street, Mr. Lerner aided in re-tenanting 150,000 SF and signed record per-square-foot rents to Footlocker, Sephora, Target, and Swatch on behalf of his client Empire State Realty Trust.  He was also the exclusive agent for a 2.2 Million-square-foot diverse retail portfolio in the Tri-State on behalf of Madison International Realty.  

He has completed impactful transactions for Landlords and Tenants across all five boroughs and has represented a range of tenant categories, from Quick-Service Food Tenants, to Restaurants and Luxury Brands. Mr. Lerner is currently leading a national expansion strategy on behalf of Event Network, an experiential retailer with over 100 current retail partnerships, now focused on stand-alone brick and mortar stores, as well as leading an international expansion plan on behalf of Gen Korean BBQ in global markets such as the U.S., Canada, South America and Europe.

Awards & Recognition

• Nominated for REBNY Deal of the Year 3 times
• Dealmakers 2018 Award
• Two Time Recipient of the CoStar Power Broker Top 25 Retail Leasing Brokers Award.
• Deal of the year winner 650 5th Avenue transaction 2017

Clients

Select Clients Represented (Current and Past)

• Landlords:  Madison International Realty, Brookfield Properties, TIAA, Empire State Realty Trust, Madison Realty Capital, The Moinian Group, 
• Tenants: Nike, Gen Korean BBQ, Kiton, Brioni, Ann Taylor, Stuart Weitzman, TD Bank, Converse, Restoration Hardware, and DXL.

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration, The University of Miami 
• Juris Doctorate, The University of Miami School of Law

Assignments

Major Transactions – Tenant 

• Nike at 650 Fifth Avenue – 69,000 SF
• Nike at 529 Broadway – 48,000 SF 
• TD Bank – Manhattan rollout of over 30 locations
• Converse at 560 Broadway – 15,000 SF             

Major Transactions – Landlord 

• 112 West 34th Street – Leased 150,000 SF to Sephora, Footlocker, Swatch, and Target 
• 523 Fulton Street  – Leased 40,000 SF to Shop Rite 
• 500 5th Avenue – Leased 42,000 SF to Zara 
• 250 West 57 Street – Leased 100,000 SF to TJ Maxx, Bank of America, HSBC, AT&T 

Current Representation – Tenant

• Event Network – Working on a national rollout across the country 
• Gen Korean BBQ, Kan Sushi, Shabu Shabu – signed 4 leases in NYC and currently working on an international expansion in Korea, Dubai, Paris, London, Canada and Mexico.  
• Door Dash – In the middle of a large NYC expansion plan 
• Barstool Sports – helped sign flagship locations across the country and working on NYC flagship
  

Current Representation - Landlord

• Madison International Realty/Brookfield Properties – 234 West 42nd Street – 300,000 SF in the heart of Times Square 
• JTRE – 23 Wall Street, New York, NY – 150,000 SF 
• 1627 Broadway – 25,000 SF on the corner of 50th and Broadway